Ok folks, tym for world updates. here is a woman after my own heart. chocolate, i tell you, can cure all ills. chocolate-eater, i salute thee. and here is a nice piece on evolution :> if i was in New York city, id be going to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where these mannequins are on display... as part of the "Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture of the 18th Century" show. It runs through 08 August. i loved that movie thys is a very nice picture of the Greek goddess Athena, as she stands outside Athens' University, during the lunar eclipse on May 4. looking for some arabian nights, in russia? (The golden crosses of the Novodevichy Monastery in Moscow silhouetted against a full moon) Los Angeles Country lifeguard Mark Chambers looks toward the ocean after three sharks were sighted near the beach in California. Beach-goers, many of whom made for the beach to beat the 100 degree F temperatures inland, were not allowed in the water due to the shark sightings. i put up thys picture because it was just too cheezy to pass up. thys one is my favourite. thys is how great philosophers are born. thys is an ode to the thynkers. iqbal, aristotle, xeno... thys is a young man waiting for tourists on a nice spring morning in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. taken at a fair (a desi mela). now, coming back to reality, stuff ive been trying not to thynk about. US Army report finds troops guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners. it includes a list of their crimes. the 18,000 word report can be read here. here's a link that can be pursued for followups. This has been Bush's response. he says, "abuse 'does not represent the America that I know'", adding the first tym he heard about the abuse was on tv. (from the president of the world's greatest economic power, you just cant but help expect more). he didnt know what his troops were doing until he saw it on fox? isnt thys the same guy who was cooking them turkey on thanksgiving? retard. washington post put up some pic of the abuse. honestly, i didnt have the guts to go thru them all. what happens next? rummy deary gets the rap. and thys is how the story ends.